Submitted on Friday 15th April 2022
Rejected on Wednesday 20th April 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Establish professional standards for elected representatives.
There have been too many examples of dishonesty, xenophobia and general unpleasant behaviour from our elected representatives who seem to act as if they are above the law.
I would like to suggest that rules relating to professional standards for elected representatives are clear and easily enforced. There should be a simple mechanism to prevent miscreants from holding such office in the future.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand you're concerned about professional standards for elected representatives, however it's not clear what you want those standards to be. It's also not clear how these standards differ from those already in place through the MPs Code of Conduct, breaches of which are investigated by the Committee on Standards following a referral by the independent Parliamentary Commissioner on Standards. You can find out more about the Commissioner here: www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-financial-interests/parliamentary-commissioner-for-standards/
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a related action:
'Require any MP or Peer convicted of a criminal offence be removed from office': petition.parliament.uk/petitions/600515
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